Word counts got you down? Our shortest-form contest is now open for submissions. The Grouse Grind Lit Prize for V. Short Forms is judged by PRISM’s editorial board. We’re ready to sink our teeth into your flash fiction, micro-memoir,...
Happy Saturday! We are so pleased to announce our longlist for the Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fiction. “An Iconostasis” by Joseph Pearson “Bears and Other Beasts” by Kate Finegan “Dayton” by AJ Strosahl “Dreaming in Search and Rescue”...
Due to temporary building closures on the University of British Columbia campus, PRISM will not be reading mailed submissions until further notice. We will continue to welcome submissions for our contests and issues online via Submittable. If you are...
The End of the End of the EarthJonathan FranzenFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018 Review by B.H. Lake Jonathan Franzen has been called many things. In 2010, his picture appeared on the cover of Time magazine next to the words:...
The Towers of BabylonMichelle KaeserFreehand Books, 2019 Winter WillowDeborah-Anne TunneyEnfield and Wizenty, 2019 Review by Marcie McCauley Near the beginning of Michelle Kaeser’s debut novel The Towers of Babylon (Freehand Books, 2019) there’s talk of Venezuela’s Torre David and,...
Vulgar. It’s a word reserved for only our most visceral reactions. Vulgar is ugly, crass, and a blatant rejection of good taste. It’s lowbrow. It’s crude. It is a challenge to the status quo. It is the voice of...
Look Here Look Away Look Again Edward Carson McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2019 Review by David Swartz Edward Carson´s Look Here Look Away Look Again (McGill-Queen’s University Press 2019) is a book of poems about poetic vision. I’m struck by the beautiful...
Photo by Brandi Bird The Growing Room Festival is taking place March 11-15, 2020. Check out their website for upcoming events, as well as accessibility info and their community guidelines for the festival. Below is an interview with festival...
Interview by Chimedum Ohaegbu A Growing Room 2020 Festival author, NASRA is a queer, Muslim, Oromo curator/creator living in Amiskwaciwȃskahikan (Edmonton) on Treaty 6 territory. They were the Youth Poet Laureate of Edmonton from 2016 to 2017. They are...
